F9 — Ask AI
Ask anything without leaving your window.
Hold F9, ask in plain speech, release — the answer streams into a side overlay while you keep working. Chats are saved with markdown, tables, and math rendering, and continuous mode carries context across follow-ups.
F9 → “summarize this thread in 3 bullets”
1. Ship date moved to Friday
2. Ana owns the changelog
3. You own the installer note
How F9 works
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Hold F9 and ask
Ask anything — explanations, code help, writing drafts, quick facts — without switching tabs.
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Answer streams beside you
The overlay renders markdown, tables, and math so answers are readable, not a wall of text.
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Follow up in context
Enable continuous mode to keep the thread across questions. Chats are saved locally.
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Copy or dismiss
Copy what you need into your app, or dismiss and keep working. Your cursor never moves.
Why it saves time
- No tab-switching: answers appear beside your work
- Markdown + tables + math rendering built in
- Continuous mode for multi-turn questions
- Chat history stored locally, wipeable anytime
- Uses your own provider key — no Flunkey account
F9 FAQ
In a side overlay next to your current window. Your cursor and app stay put — copy out only what you need.
Yes. Turn on continuous mode and Flunkey keeps the conversation context across follow-ups.
Yes, locally on your machine with markdown, tables, and math rendering. Wipe everything in Settings → Wipe all data.
Any model behind your provider key — Groq, OpenAI, Gemini, or OpenRouter. You control cost and quality.
Yes. Ask for explanations, regex, SQL, or error help and paste the result into your editor.
No. There are no Flunkey servers. Requests go directly from your machine to the provider you configured.
Canonical: https://www.flunkey.space/features/ask-ai · Also reachable via /f9